Featuring the best kiteboarders

ORGANIZED BY MIAMI KITEBOARDING

Christophe Ribot , Miamikiteboarding’s owner and organizer of this event, has certainly the most experience in this Bahamas crossing for having completed successfully the distance twice in the past. He first sailed from Miami to bimini on his 20footer racing catamaran in 2004 along with Katie Petibone, an America’s cup...

A UNIQUE CHALLENGE

This exciting and highly anticipated water sport challenge will feature the current foilboarding World Champion Maxime Nocher along with 7 local foilboarding leaders. These competitors will cross the Gulf Stream from Bimini, Bahamas to Miami, Florida in December 2017 to set a new world record. The wind, one of...

RAISING FUNDS FOR OCEAN VIDA FOUNDATION

The Xtreme Crossing event will raise funds for oceanvida foundation dedicated to ocean conservation, one of our planet’s greatest environmental concerns. OCEANVIDA.ORG “Educate children to become the guardians of the sea“ The goal of this event is to promote ocean conservation and to raise funds for Oceanvida Foundation. This...

BAHAMAS-FLORIDA in KITEBOARD

✓ A challenge never achieved before.

✓ Raising funds for Ocean conservation

✓ A connection between the kitesurfing communities, families, local agencies and environmentally conscious groups.

The goal of this event is to promote ocean conservation and to raise funds for Oceanvida Foundation. This Miami-based nonprofit organization will be offering local kids the opportunity to become ”Guardians of the Sea”.

Our mission is to present through an extraordinary water sport event which features world-class kite foiling champions, a unique experience that will benefit children education.

Laszlo Karai

Tanguy Largeau

Max Ragan

Claudio Beier

Photographer - Safety Consultant on the crossing

WHY EXTREME CROSSING ?

Testimonials

Christophe Ribot

Founder & owner of Miamikiteboarding Inc Examiner IKO

For children education

“It’s in our culture and mentality : from the very beginning , Miamikiteboarding has always been promoting the sport to the community and the media through unique events : Key West/ Cuba Crossing in 2002 ( the guinness record for the longest distance then ) - Kite For Girls in 2004 ( first women-only kiteboarding event in the USA ) - Miami Kite Masters since 2006 - ( largest gathering in Florida )
We are a small group of Miami Foilboarders totally passionate with this new technology in kiteboarding and all fond of watersports and anything related to the Ocean. When we met with Maxime Nocher , and he asked us to help him finding a boat to cross the Gulf Stream, we naturally loved the idea and envisionned an opportunity to promote our sport and the environment we cherish and share all ."

Miguel Hernandez

Founder and Director of Oceanvida Foundation

Promote conservation

Miguel Hernandez is founder and director of Oceanvida Foundation. He
is a certified teacher and a graduate of Florida International
University with BA and MA degrees. He is an avid waterman who loves
to windsurf, standup paddle, kiteboard, kayak and snorkel. His
passion for the ocean led to the implementation of various ocean
conservation programs and eventually to the creation of Oceanvida
Foundation.
In his words:

“We are always looking for opportunities to bring people
in contact with the ocean; to promote conservation, non-motorized
watersports and healthy lifestyles. I’m thrilled that this crossing is
going to do just that.”